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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of February 27 1903 Racing at New Orleans and Inglaside Enoch Wishard will breed several mares in his string next month They will be bred to a colt that Wishard bought in England They will also be trained and raced this year yearFarm Farm overseer Soence of Belle Mead Stud is authority for the statement that William Jackson Jr has been offered and refused 70 000 for his great stallion The Commoner by Hanover HanoverE E D Morgan who with August Belmont and John Sanford makes up the State Racing Commission of New York has a fine band of j twoyearolds in training at Westbury L L in care of James Boden Plans for a new field stand at Saratoga have been completed It will be of steel 300 feet long and sixtyfive feet deep capable of seat ¬ ing 2000 spectators The betting inclosure will be eightyfive feet long and sixtyfour feet wide with a restaurant and bar adjacent Out of the entries for the Cumberland Derby twentyseven of the number are engaged in the American Derby at Washington Park Those wintering at Nashville are in fine fet tla and one should naturally look for either Memphis or Nash villa to furnish the winner of the greatest threeyearold race in the West The queen of the western race mares Ida Pickwick a daughter of Mr Pickwick and Ida K has foaled a chestnut filly by Ogden the only Englishbred winner of the Futu ¬ rity The royallybred filly was foalgd Sunday and coming on Washingtons birthday Mr Madden naturally will expect great things of her herIt It is said that Captain S S Brown the Pittsburg millionaire recently made an offer of 75000 for the Epsom Derby winner of last year Ard Patrick but that J Gubbins the owner of the colt refused to sell at this thisfigure figure and named 150000 as his price Cap ¬ tain Brown it is said wanted to place Ard Ardi i Patrick at his Senorita Stud Farm near Lcx Lcxi i ington Ky
